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Lightest bass for a small girl?

#21
Born Villain said:
My light is no tense on the muscles. Light as in a 98 pound 10-year-old looking girl (as I'm told), yes. My drummers bass is a fender and it's not so bad, but I'm hoping for lighter if I can.
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Alright, thanks for clarifying. Do you know how much the Fender weighs?

I'm pretty sure that if you want to stick with a solid body electric the Ibanez is your best bet. Sweetwater doesn't have any Aerodynes in stock right now, but when they did I looked at them and I think the average weight was a little over 8 pounds, and no greater than 9.

Checking out hollowbodies, or even a UBASS, could be helpful (can't get much lighter than a ukulele ;))!
 
#22
gretsch.

i've seen one about the size of a regular guitar. it sounds decent too and doesn't cost alot.

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#23
My 2 suggestions are also Ibanez, echoing previous posts:

For shorter scale: ibanez mikro - they actually play and sound great

For "regular" (34") scale: an Ibanez Soundgear (SR) - light with great playability, thin fast neck, can't go wrong, and can probably find a deal on a used one
 
#25
verycoolname said:
Alright, thanks for clarifying. Do you know how much the Fender weighs?

I'm pretty sure that if you want to stick with a solid body electric the Ibanez is your best bet. Sweetwater doesn't have any Aerodynes in stock right now, but when they did I looked at them and I think the average weight was a little over 8 pounds, and no greater than 9.

Checking out hollowbodies, or even a UBASS, could be helpful (can't get much lighter than a ukulele ;))!
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Thank you :) Everyone's sending me to an Ibanez, Im sitting beside my five string now and it's heavy as Satans balls so I'll try out the other Ibanez's everyone told me I should check out.
 
#26
srayb said:
My 2 suggestions are also Ibanez, echoing previous posts:

For shorter scale: ibanez mikro - they actually play and sound great

For "regular" (34") scale: an Ibanez Soundgear (SR) - light with great playability, thin fast neck, can't go wrong, and can probably find a deal on a used one
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I looked at it in images and i can't stop laughing
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(thats totally me except a foot higher)
 
#27
what about a 1st 2nd gen guild Pilot. One of the reasons I liked it so much was that it weighed pretty much nothing but sounded as good as any bass I had heard at the time and to me still does today?
 
#29
Have you seen a short scale Fender Bronco? Hollow bodies are light but the sound can also be light. It depends on the sound you are looking for. Visit your local music store and try some short scales. I don't have a definitive answer for you. I am only suggesting that short scales are usually lighter in weight (not always), but I would start your search with short scale basses.
 
#31
I asked a Guitar Center store in New Jersey to get in an Ibanez Mikro for me to try, and they were happy to do it. I tried it, I liked it better than a lot of more expensive -- and bigger and heavier -- basses, and I'm still digging it. Moral being, don't just go into a local store and try what they have; tell them what you want to try and give them a chance to get it in for you.
 
#32
TheGreatSealof said:
Have you seen a short scale Fender Bronco? Hollow bodies are light but the sound can also be light. It depends on the sound you are looking for. Visit your local music store and try some short scales. I don't have a definitive answer for you. I am only suggesting that short scales are usually lighter in weight (not always), but I would start your search with short scale basses.
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Correction, the Bronco is a Squier bass supported by Fender. It is still worth examining for comparison short scale basses.
 
#35
Born Villain said:
Thank you :) Everyone's sending me to an Ibanez, Im sitting beside my five string now and it's heavy as Satans balls so I'll try out the other Ibanez's everyone told me I should check out.
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It's funny, because I'm actually looking at buying an Ibanez five string now...don't want it if it's that heavy, haha.

Right now the lightest SR600 is 7 pounds 5 ounces, with the heaviest five string being 8 pounds 5 ounces...interestingly enough the lightest SR605 is only 7 pounds 6 ounces! :eek:

If you want really, really light (and easier to play) check out the Ibanez Mickro, which is 30 inches, more in line with a guitar.
 
#37
Hello, Ms Villain.

A couple of my past students have been, uh, "petite".

For you, and them, I recommend short scale basses. Not only is the weight more manageable but so are the ergonomics. IE you're not going to throw out your shoulder playing a low F.

Fender works here. The Mustang or Bronco basses are your best bet. If you can find one on ebay, the Musicmaster is great too.

Gretsch makes some cool, *lightweight* basses shortscale. Definitely investigate these cuz they're great basses.

Also, Epiphone's version of the SG bass could work for you too. These are readily available and affordable.

Search ebay and the like. The prices on these can be very resonable.

As for the hollowbody recommendations: try before you buy. While they are lightweight, they are usually longscale or have big bodies and therefore they are ergonomically uncomfortable for a "short scale" person.

Let us know what you come up with!

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